PRESIDENT'S CORNER
Dear friends,
What do you think is the essence of the original spirit and heart of America?
The 19th-century French political thinker and historian Alexis de Tocqueville gave us a hint. He noted that “America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.”
Since the Women's Federation for World Peace is not a political organization, I will not seek to analyze or answer the question from a political vantage point, but rather propose that the answer, as suggested by de Tocqueville, lies in the hearts and minds of men and women. It lies in a universal philosophy of peace that has been around and known for millennia and which begs to be revived and become front and center in our daily lives.
It is the philosophy of Selfless Love -- loving your neighbor and forgiving and loving your enemy. As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said so pointedly, "We must learn to live together as brothers [and sisters] or perish together as fools."
It is also the philosophy of the Women's Federation for World Peace, based on our Co-Founders' life example and life teachings, which are summed up in the watchwords "Living for the Sake of Others" and "Living by the Logic of Love." All our projects and seminars are based on these premises, especially our signature program, the trademarked Bridge of Peace, which has brought together and reconciled former enemies, from the individual to the national level, and which continues apace.
Please enjoy the following articles, some of which are in the vein of the preceding quotes and formulas.
With our Co-Founders' birthdays coming up on February 10, 2019 (they were both born in North Korea on the same day, but years apart), and with Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, the Mother of Peace, boldly leading the way, we would like to affirm that the spirit of love, reconciliation, and forgiveness is alive and well, and that PEACE IS POSSIBLE. Right now, right where you are!
If you would like to honor Womens' Federation's Co- founders, Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon and her late husband, Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon for their decades of peace work with a donation, please, click here!
Let us dedicate this year 2019 to making peace-building a priority in our lives!
Sincerely,
Angelika